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The Rhythmicity Duo -- saxophonist Joseph Lulloff and pianist Jun Okada -- will present a free recital on Monday, October 1, at 7:00 p.m. in the Hockett Family Recital Hall at Ithaca College. Their program will include music of Denisov, Scelsi, and Charles Ruggiero's "Night Songs and Flights of Fancy."

IC Theatre once again takes to the stage to present the 2007–8 season of comedies, dramas, musicals, and opera, featuring superb student talent under the direction of the renowned IC faculty and staff. Season subscriptions are available with discounts for IC students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Call 607-274-3224 for details.

Ari Kissiloff, assistant professor in the Department of Strategic Communication, serves as director of new media for the New York State Communication Association. As part of his duties, he has recently designed and created the organization's new website.

Patricia Zimmermann, professor of cinema, photography and media arts, has recently collaborated with photographer Michael Kienitz on a just-published book, Small Arms: Children of Conflict.

Zimmermann wrote the introductory essay, "Cartographies of Impossible and Possible Worlds," for this book of Kienitz' photography of children in the midst of conflicts and war zones in the Middle East, Central America, Northern Ireland, and the United States.

Associate professor Mara Alper will have her documentary, Forgiveness, screened in Edinburgh, Scotland, by the Safeguarding Communities/Reducing Offenders Program (SACRO). The film was acquired for use in community conflict resolution, mediation, and restorative justice programs.

Forgiveness is a documentary that explores the possibility for profound healing through four powerful stories: from a prisoner, a recovering alcoholic, a grieving mother, and a renowned world leader: Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Assistant professor of sociology Stephen Sweet and Joshua Mumm '07, along with co-authors Judi Casey (Sloan Work and Family Research Network) and
Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes (Boston College), have had an article accepted for publication in the Teaching Sociology journal.

Are you a member of the class of 2011? Then join Students Today Alumni Tomorrow (STAT) at SPIRIT NIGHT 2011, where you will learn the Ithaca College alma mater and fight song, hear the Ithaca College story, and officially add your name to your class banner.

Darius J. Conger, assistant professor of economics, was this summer one of 35 economists nationwide selected to participate in the Teaching Innovations Program, jointly sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the American Economic Association and held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The Offices of Academic Enrichment Services, Career Services, and Multicultural Affairs invite the campus community to come celebrate the academic performance of ALANA and HEOP students during the annual Academic Achievement Awards Banquet.

Faculty and staff members, please join us for the Office of Career Services' ninth annual Graduate and Professional School Fair on Tuesday, October 2, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in Emerson Suites, North Foyer, and the Campus Center Lobby.

Award-winning essayist and novelist Scott Russell Sanders will give two public presentations at Ithaca College as part of the Distinguished Visiting Writers Series, hosted by the Department of Writing. Sanders will deliver a lecture, titled "Honoring the Ordinary," on Tuesday, September 25, at 7:30 p.m. in Klingenstein Lounge, Egbert Hall. On Thursday, September 27, he will give a reading from his works at 7:30 p.m. in Clark Lounge, Egbert Hall. Both events are free and open to the public.

The Bookstore's online textbook adoption system will be available on Friday, September 28, for the spring 2008 semester. The online textbook adoption window will be open from September 28 through October 30.Online Textbook Adoption System

Join us for the Career Services' 9th Annual Graduate and Professional School Fair on Tuesday, October 2nd from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. There will be over 130 schools in attendance with representatives from various graduate and professional programs who want to talk with you!

A project headed by physics department chair Bruce Thompson and Peter Wrege, senior research associate at Cornell's Laboratory of Ornithology, to monitor elephant behavior in response to seismic exploration activities using a combined acoustic and seismic method was funded in December 2006. Professor Thompson and IC student Nik Batruch '08 traveled with Wrege to Gabon in March 2007 and installed listening units at ten sites.